This is the second lesson on global warming in a unit investigating the human impact on the Narragansett Bay ecosystem. Students have already been exposed to various influences such as invasive species, pollution and habitat destruction. They should also have had some exposure to the effects of carbon dioxide on the atmospheric temperature. In this lesson students will investigate some of the original research of global warming and explore how temperature effects have influenced some of the organisms of Narragansett Bay.
Opportunities to Learn
Depth of Knowledge
Level 1: Identify effects of global warming in the bay
Level 2: Illustrate and graph the changes in greenhouse gases
Level 3: Hypothesize the impact of increasing carbon dioxide
Prerequisite Knowledge
Plans for Differentiating Instruction
Process: Differentiated instructional methods
Inquiry Based Learning: Use of inquiry based learning will help create a student centered learning experience. Students work at their own pace and investigate data related to greenhouse gases. Through their investigations and research, they will come up with information that they find relevant to construct meaning of larger concepts.
Cooperative Learning: Use of cooperative learning will help students by allowing the group to investigate data activity and coming together as a whole to make meaning of a larger concepts such as impact of greenhouse gases and global warming
Accommodations and modifications
Student A: Accommodation needed for writing skills and comprehension of directions. Explicit instructions will be given in written and oral form.
Other accommodations or modifications will be made according to IEP protocol.
Environmental factors
Activity to take place in classroom
Students to work in groups.
Materials
Raw Data (Analyzing greenhouse gases activity)
Pencil
Graph Paper
Ruler
Articles
Article Summary
Objectives
Students will be able to...
Identify pattern and trends of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Graph the trend of increasing greenhouse gases
Interpret the curve of a graph and make a prediction based on the data curve
Asses the effects of global warming on Narragansett Bay
Hypothesize how global warming might impact us in the future
Instruction
Opening Question (Written on board)
In yesterdays lab we investigated the effect of carbon dioxide on temperature.
What do you think would happen with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
How would this affect the organisms in the ecosystem?
How would this affect your life?
Segue
Review student answers
Organisms affected in Bay, effect on fishing economy, increasing water levels, Algal blooms, etc
Today we will:
Investigate levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Global Warming II
The impact of climate change on Narragansett Bay
State Standards
RI GSE LS2 (9-11)Context of Lesson
This is the second lesson on global warming in a unit investigating the human impact on the Narragansett Bay ecosystem. Students have already been exposed to various influences such as invasive species, pollution and habitat destruction. They should also have had some exposure to the effects of carbon dioxide on the atmospheric temperature. In this lesson students will investigate some of the original research of global warming and explore how temperature effects have influenced some of the organisms of Narragansett Bay.Opportunities to Learn
Depth of KnowledgeLevel 1: Identify effects of global warming in the bay
Level 2: Illustrate and graph the changes in greenhouse gases
Level 3: Hypothesize the impact of increasing carbon dioxide
Prerequisite Knowledge
Plans for Differentiating Instruction
Process: Differentiated instructional methods
Accommodations and modifications
Environmental factors
Materials
Objectives
Students will be able to...Instruction
OpeningQuestion (Written on board)
Segue
Engagement
Data Activity
Article Summary
Closure
Assessment
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